Definition of terms · as in force on May 31, 2026
* § 182.10 Definition of terms.
"Electronic appearance" shall mean an appearance in which one or more of the participants in the proceeding are not physically present in the court part where the appearance is convened but rather appear electronically at the proceeding through a computer or other digital medium in a manner that allows participants to see and hear each other.
* NB Repealed September 1, 2028
An electronic appearance is a court appearance in which at least 1 participant is somewhere else and joins by computer or another digital medium that lets the participants see and hear one another. ★ This section is marked repealed September 1, 2028.
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 2 — The Court Officer: Criminal Procedure Law; Volume 2 — Your Career: Criminal Procedure in Plain English.